dear yulebat.
'Tis the season, clearly. By which I mean, Yuletide is upon us!
(I have been participating in Yuetide every single year since it started. I feel so old school.)
SO. Dear Yulebat,
Basically, you are awesome. Because there is nothing about the fandoms I requested that I don't love. (Except the Dating Plan. If this is the fandom we matched on, you know of what I speak. But anyway.) More importantly, there are no characters in any of these fandoms that I don't love with an all-consuming passion, because seriously, THEY ARE ALL AMAZING AND BRILLIANT AND SPARKLY. Yes, even the dumb ones. I don't care, I love them all.
So here are some quick and dirty things that I like and don't like in fics in general:
LIKES: witty banter, wacky hijinks, random shenanigans, everyone being a BAMF in their own particular way, long plotty fics, quick incisive character studies, romance, friendship, TEAMS, gen, ensemble casts, happy (or realistic but generally hopeful) endings, boys being boys, girls kicking butt and taking names, first time fic of any rating.
DISLIKES: torture porn, excessive angst, excessive schmoop, mpreg, hardcore kink, kid!fic, character bashing of any kind, humiliation, death!fic.
But really, my dear Yulebat, I'm pretty easy. As long as you avoid the "dislikes" list, write whatever suits you and the fandom and the story you want to tell, and I will LOVE it. Sure, I'm a fan of happy-ish endings, but if you want to break my heart instead? Go right ahead and shatter it into a million pieces, it's all good. The "likes" list are by no means mandatory in any way, write what you want, I have complete faith in you. Why? Because you love the same fandom I do, because we matched on it, and that means you have preemptively won Yuletide. :D
I have nothing fandom-specific to add that wasn't on my sign-up form, but for posterity, here it is:
Mairelon the Magician - Patricia C. Wrede
Characters: Kim Merrill, Richard Merrill, Renee D'Auber
I would LOVE Mairelon/Kim/Renee threesome fic (up to you whether it's a long-term poly relationship or a one-night stand), but really, anything involving those three being brilliant and awesome together would rock my socks. Or Kim/Renee friendship fic.
Sports Night
Characters: Kim, Dan Rydell, Casey McCall, Dana Whitaker
The one where Kim is a genius mastermind of epic proportions and saves the show. Or shippy fic featuring any permutation of Dan/Casey/Dana (slash, het, threesome, whatever). Or general shenanigans involving the entire cast. Look, the form only lets me choose four characters, but I love them all, if you suddenly decide you want to write Jeremy/Natalie porn instead, go for it. There is nothing in this fandom I don't love. Happy endings always a plus.
The Sting (1973)
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker
The next con. Slash or gen equally welcome. But god, do I ever love clever twisty cons.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth. Comment wherever you'd like.
(I have been participating in Yuetide every single year since it started. I feel so old school.)
SO. Dear Yulebat,
Basically, you are awesome. Because there is nothing about the fandoms I requested that I don't love. (Except the Dating Plan. If this is the fandom we matched on, you know of what I speak. But anyway.) More importantly, there are no characters in any of these fandoms that I don't love with an all-consuming passion, because seriously, THEY ARE ALL AMAZING AND BRILLIANT AND SPARKLY. Yes, even the dumb ones. I don't care, I love them all.
So here are some quick and dirty things that I like and don't like in fics in general:
LIKES: witty banter, wacky hijinks, random shenanigans, everyone being a BAMF in their own particular way, long plotty fics, quick incisive character studies, romance, friendship, TEAMS, gen, ensemble casts, happy (or realistic but generally hopeful) endings, boys being boys, girls kicking butt and taking names, first time fic of any rating.
DISLIKES: torture porn, excessive angst, excessive schmoop, mpreg, hardcore kink, kid!fic, character bashing of any kind, humiliation, death!fic.
But really, my dear Yulebat, I'm pretty easy. As long as you avoid the "dislikes" list, write whatever suits you and the fandom and the story you want to tell, and I will LOVE it. Sure, I'm a fan of happy-ish endings, but if you want to break my heart instead? Go right ahead and shatter it into a million pieces, it's all good. The "likes" list are by no means mandatory in any way, write what you want, I have complete faith in you. Why? Because you love the same fandom I do, because we matched on it, and that means you have preemptively won Yuletide. :D
I have nothing fandom-specific to add that wasn't on my sign-up form, but for posterity, here it is:
Mairelon the Magician - Patricia C. Wrede
Characters: Kim Merrill, Richard Merrill, Renee D'Auber
I would LOVE Mairelon/Kim/Renee threesome fic (up to you whether it's a long-term poly relationship or a one-night stand), but really, anything involving those three being brilliant and awesome together would rock my socks. Or Kim/Renee friendship fic.
Sports Night
Characters: Kim, Dan Rydell, Casey McCall, Dana Whitaker
The one where Kim is a genius mastermind of epic proportions and saves the show. Or shippy fic featuring any permutation of Dan/Casey/Dana (slash, het, threesome, whatever). Or general shenanigans involving the entire cast. Look, the form only lets me choose four characters, but I love them all, if you suddenly decide you want to write Jeremy/Natalie porn instead, go for it. There is nothing in this fandom I don't love. Happy endings always a plus.
The Sting (1973)
Characters: Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker
The next con. Slash or gen equally welcome. But god, do I ever love clever twisty cons.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth. Comment wherever you'd like.